Improved washing-machine



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Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 48,458, dated June 27, 1865.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, LE ROY- S. S'rARRE'r'r,

l of Newburyport, in the county of Essex and State 'of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Clothes-Washing Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact; description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' this` specication,in which-.-

Figure 1 is aside elevation et' my invention, partly in section Fig. 2, a plan or top view of the same; Fig. 3, a detached under or face view of the plunger; Fig. 4, a detached plan or top view ot' the yielding perforated partition-plate in the ends-box.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate like parts.

` Thisinvention relates to a new and improved clothes-washing machine of that class in which an up-and-down plunger is employed; and it consists in a novel means for operating the plunger, whereby an np-and-down and also a rotary motion `is communicated to the same and the invention also consists in the employment or use of a perforated partition-plate in the suds-box, whereby -the cleansing or washing operation is greatly -facilitated. A represents a framing, which. may be oo nstructed in any proper manner to support: the working parts; and B is adrving-shaft placed transverselyl in the `framing A,4 and having a toothed wheel, C, at one end of it, which gears intoapinion, D, on a shaft, E, the latter having a crank, F, and a y-wheel, G.

H represents a"walkingbeam, the fulcrum a of which is in the upper parts of two standards of the framing A, whichextend upward oonsiderabl higher than any other portion. One end oft is beam H is connected by a rod, I, with the crank F, a pin, b, passing through the rod and beam and retained in position by a button, c, which turns on a pivot, d, so that it may be turned off from thehead of pin b and the latter removed in order to disconnect the beam H fromA the rod I when necessary. lThe opposite end of beam H is formed or cast with an eye, e, in which a short tube, T, is t ted and secured at oppositepoints by pivqtsf, the tube being allowed to work or swing freely on said pivots in a direction toward and from the shaft B.

Within the tube J there is fitted another tube, K, the latter being allowed to turn freely in the former andl isfiiported by a collar, g, which is secured to above J and rests upon the latter. The lower end of the tubeK has a ratchet-whecl, L, keyed upon it. The interior of the tubeK is of rectangular form, through which a rectangular rod,M, passes, thelatter being secured in K by a pin, h, the rod M having several pin-holes, fi, made in itt-.t0 admit of the rod b ein g adjusted higheror lower, as may be desired..

N is a paw1,one end of which is .att-ached by a pivot,j, to one end of the high standardsof the framing A, said pawl passing through a guide, lo, attached to the eye e of the walking` beam` H. i

To the lower end of the rod M a circular plunger, O, is attached, saiid vplunger having pendent pins l at its underside, as shown in Figs. land 3.

Pis a suds-box, which may beof cylindrical" form, and has a perforated partition or supplemental bottom, Q, withinit, resting upon spiral springs R.

From'the above description it will be seen that by turning the shaft B, which Vmay be done by hand or other power, an oscillating motion will be given the beam H and a reciprocating or up-and-down movement given the plunger O, and also a rotating one, the latter movement being obtained through the medium of the ratchet-wheel L and pawl N the latter being operated from the beam H.

The clothes to be washed are placed on the perforated partition or supplemental bottom Q, the pins 'l acting upon the 'clothes and being changed in position at every downward stroke in consequence of the rotation of the plunger. The partition or bottom Q yields toeaoh downward pressure of the plunger and causes the suds to be forced through the text e of the clothes,insuring a thorough cleansl g of the same, while the changing ofthe position of pins relatively with the clothes insures all parts of thelatter bein g acted upon iu the most The washing-machine herein described, conthorough manner. .sisting of the suds-box P, false bottom Q,

The plunger may be raised up out of the springsplunger() Z,adjustable rodM, walkf' suds-box for the convenience of placing the ing-beam H, crank F, pitman I, tubes J K, clothes in the same and removing them therepawl N, and ratchet-wheel L all arranged to from bysimply withdrawingthe pin band turnoperate as specified.

ing the beam H to a vertical position, as shown invred, Fig. 1. Witnesses:

I claim as new and desire to secure by Let- HENRY A. BARTLETT,

ters Patent- J osEPH MoUL'roN,

LE ROY S. STARRETT. 

